The Prince

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When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it ge... (more)

When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's firsthand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, "The Prince" analyzes the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. (less)

Libby Shaw is determined to become a member of Edinburgh's all-male Royal College of Surgeons. Disguising herself as a ... (more)

Libby Shaw is determined to become a member of Edinburgh's all-male Royal College of Surgeons. Disguising herself as a man, she attends the surgical theater and nearly fools everyone. Forced to leave his home as a boy, famed portraitist Ziyaeddin is secretly the exiled prince of a distant realm. When he first met Libby, he memorized every detail of her face and drew her. But her perfect lips gave him trouble{u2014}the same lips he now longs to kiss. When Libby asks his help to hide her feminine identity from the world, Ziyaeddin agrees on one condition: she must sit for him to paint{u2014}as a woman. But what begins as a daring scheme could send them both hurtling toward danger...and an unparalleled love. (less)

The classic handbook of statecraft written by an Italian nobleman recommends guile and craftiness to attain and maintain... (more)

The classic handbook of statecraft written by an Italian nobleman recommends guile and craftiness to attain and maintain political power. (less)

"Governor Andrew Cuomo, scion of Mario Cuomo, is today as famous as his father, also a governor of New York state for th... (more)

"Governor Andrew Cuomo, scion of Mario Cuomo, is today as famous as his father, also a governor of New York state for three terms. Though initially lavishly celebrated for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, not least by himself, it is now apparent that Cuomo's management of the crisis was a juddering and fatal failure. Thousands died because, ignoring the advice of experts, he shut down too late and returned still sick patients to nursing homes. The crisis was intensified by his previous commitment to austerity, which saw the slashing of funding to hospitals...A vital riposte to Cuomo's recently published book about the pandemic, now increasingly derided as self-serving and deceitful, The Prince is a searing indictment of Cuomo's handling of coronavirus and his time overall in the highest office of the state."--Back cover. (less)

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The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written al... (more)

The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended as the first scientific treatment of politics as it is practiced rather than as it ought to be practiced. Harvey C. Mansfield's brilliant translation of this classic work, along with the new materials added for this edition, make it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and those interested in the dark art of politics. This revised edition of Mansfield's acclaimed translation features an updated bibliography, a substantial glossary, an analytic introduction, a chronology of Machiavelli's life, and a map of Italy in Machiavelli's time. (less)

The unveiling of a set of priceless illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence exposes Pro... (more)

The unveiling of a set of priceless illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence exposes Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved wife, Julianne, to a mysterious enemy. Gabriel may have acquired the illustrations only a few years ago, but unbeknownst to him, they were stolen a century earlier from the ruler of Florence's underworld. Now one of the most dangerous beings in the city is determined to reclaim his prize and exact his revenge on the Emersons--but not before he uncovers something disturbing about Julianne... (less)

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The revelations and confessions of one of the world's most infamous whistleblowers. Machiavellian is a word used relativ... (more)

The revelations and confessions of one of the world's most infamous whistleblowers. Machiavellian is a word used relatively often in the English language, to mean someone that is elaborately cunning, scheming or wholly unscrupulous. Funny that an Italian living in the 15th and 16th centuries should lend his name to a word with such meanings. Nicolo Machiavelli was a civil servant who wrote down all of his secrets and resentment when his employment in the Republic came to an end in 1512. Full of prophetic qualities, political observation and psychological insight, The prince, read for CSA Word very fittingly by Ian Richardson, has never lost its incredible power to shock and influence. (less)

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Machiavelli set out to write a treatise on le... (more)

Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Machiavelli set out to write a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic: the prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values. Controversial but powerful, The prince is essential reading for every student of government, the ultimate book on power politics. Included are selections from Machiavelli's Discourses upon the first ten books of Titus Livy. (less)

THE PRINCE is an explosive homoerotic prison drama set in a repressive 1970s Chilean prison. During a night of heavy dri... (more)

THE PRINCE is an explosive homoerotic prison drama set in a repressive 1970s Chilean prison. During a night of heavy drinking, Jaime, a hot-tempered narcissist, suddenly stabs his best friend. He is sent to jail for murder and there, alone and afraid, he comes under the protection of a tough older inmate known as "The Stallion." The unlikely pair begin a clandestine romance but violent power struggles inside the penitentiary threaten their bond. This searing story of survival at all costs, takes its inspiration from Jean Genet's Un Chant d'amour and Fassbinder's Querelle in its affecting exploration of masculine aggression, conflicting loyalties and pent-up sexual desires. (less)